Barrel-roller.



l PAEEN'TED SEPT. 26, 1905.

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BARREL ROLLER.

APPLICATION FIHLED FEB. 27. 1905.

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uNITEn STATEs PATENT OFFICE..

CLARENCE EDWI BAGFORD, OF OORWIN', OHIO.

` BARREL-ROLLER.

To ULZZ whom, t may coi/worn:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE EDWIN BAG- EoRD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Corwin, in the county of Warren and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Barrel-Roller, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to meansfor rolling barrels, and has for itsobject to provide a simple and improved device of this character capableof being conveniently manipulated by hand for engagement with a barrelto roll the latter upon a floor-or other support, so as to shift thebarrel from one place to another without lifting the same from thefloor.

Another object of the invention is to have the device adjustable, so asto lit barrels of different lengths and to facilitate the application ofthe device to the barrels without preparation of the latter beyondlaying them down on their sides.

With these and other objects in view the present'invention consists inthe-combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter vmorefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany'of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of abarrel-rolling device embodying the features of the present invention.Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the device, showing the applicationthereof with a barrel indicated in dotted lines.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures of the drawings.

The device of the present invention includes spaced head-frames,(designated in general 1 and 2,) each head member consisting of di-Verged side bars 3 and 4, which are connected at their diverged ends bymeans of a bowed or arched cross-bar 5, constituting a handle. The sides3 and 4 and the handle 5 are preferably formed from a single metallicbar bent into an approximately V shape, with the sides 3' and 4 divergedfrom the handle. At the outer end of each side of eachV head-frame thereis a roller or wheel 6, preferably in the 4nature of a disk, which isapplied to the outer Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 27, 1905. Serial No. 247,502.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

applied diametric'ally at the outer face of the roller and pierced bythe bolt 7, the inner end portion of the guard being laterally offset,as

at 9, to form an attaching-shank, which is '6o rigidly connected to theadjacent head by means of a bolt 10, whereby the wheel works between theguard 8 and the adjacent side or leg of the head, so\as to preventwabbling of the wheel or roller. The corresponding legs 6,5

which are applied to the inner faces of the 7o respective heads andrigidly secured .thereto by means of the bolts 7 and 10. One of theseconnecting-bars is provided with a longitudinal slot 15, and the otherbar carries a pair of screws or threaded projections 16, which work 7 5in the slot 15, with wing-nuts 17 applied to the projected ends of thescrews and adapted to be set against the slotted bar, so as to rigidlyand adjustably connect the bars, whereby the head members of the deviceare also rig- 8o idlyand adjustably connected.

. In using the device, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, theoperator grasps one of the handles 5 in eac-h hand and places therollers 6 against the side of the barrel, which has 85 been indicated indotted lines in Fig. 2, and by pushing upon the handles the barrel willbe rolled over and over upon the ioor or other support, the rollers 6 ofcourse rotating under the influence of the rotating barrel, and 9othereby operating as antifriction devices to permit of a free rolling ofthe barrel. In changing to barrels of diierent lengths the head members1 and 2 are separated or drawn together to accommodate the device tobarrels of any length within the capacity of the device.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the device ofthe present invention is entirely complete in itself and may roo beconveniently applied to barrels without any preparation of the latterand without lifting the barrelto place the same upon the device,wherefore the rolling of the barrel by means of the present device maybe effected in a very sim ple and convenient manner without theexpenditure of much energy.

Having thus described the invention, what l is claimed is- 1. Abarrel-rolling device comprising spaced I I 0 heads capable ofadjustment toward and away from one another, each head having a pair ofspaced barrel-engaging antifriction-rollers at one end and a handle atthe opposite end, the handles of the heads being independent of oneanother, and means connecting the heads and adjustable to vary the spacebetween said heads.

2. A barrel-rolling device comprisingspaced heads having diverged sides,rollers mounted upon the diverged ends of the sides, handles connectingthe other ends of the sides, the handle of one head being independent ofthe handle of the other head, pairs of bars carried by the roller endsof the sides and overlapped between the heads, one member of each pairof bars having a longitudinal slot, a threaded projection carried by theother bar and \vorl;- ing in the slot, and a clamping-nut carried by theprojection to adjustably connect the bars.

3. A barrel-rolling device comprising spaced heads having divergedsides, rollers carried by the outer faces of the diverged terminals ofthe sides, handles connecting the other ends of the sides,endwise-adjustable overlapped bars having terminal lateral extensionsapplied to the inner faces ol the corresponding sides of the heads,guards applied to the outer sides of the heads and overlapping therespective rollers, bolts piercing the extensions oi the bars, theheads, the rollers, and the guards and constituting axes for therollers, and other bolts piercing the extensions of the hars, the headsand the guards at the sides el: the rollers.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own fl have hereto aliixcdmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE llllWl N BAG l `0ll l).

Vitnesses:

T. R. SMITH, F. T. ANDERSON.

